Newsletter 9/17/2025

¨  September 18^th  

Volleyball Home Game vs Marshall: 4:45 & 5:30

Soccer Home Game vs PLS: 4:00

¨  September 20^th 

Soccer Tournament in St. Peter

¨  September 23^rd 

Volleyball Practice: 3:30 – 5:00,

Soccer Practice:

3:30 – 5:15

***Pictures for both***

VOLLEYBALL & SOCCER

SOCCER SCHEDULE CHANGE:

The September 17^th game vs Risen Savior has been cancelled; we are looking at new dates to reschedule.

Our game against St. Peter on September 30th will be played at the Arlington field again as this is a middle ground for location. The start time will be 5:15.

VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE CHANGE:

Thursday, September 18^th start time as been moved back slightly to allow for more travel time for Marshall.  The B-team game will now begin at 4:45 instead of 4:15 which means A-team will not start until around 5:30 or so.

We are looking for a referee for this game as our usual lady has a conflicting event.  If you know of anyone who'd be willing to ref, please let me know!

Pictures are scheduled for Tuesday, September 23^rd for both volleyball and soccer.

MAP TESTING

K – 8^th grade will have MAP standardized testing this week, September 15 – 19.

Please help your child to get a good night sleep and eat a good breakfast these days!

PRESCHOOL FIELD TRIP

Both preschool classrooms will be going to Nelson’s Farm on Wednesday, October 8^th.  If you don’t have this day scheduled to attend school already please let either Ms. Lokensgard or Mrs. Dragt know you’d like to add this day to your calendar as soon as possible.

They will be leaving school at 9:15 and returning around 11:30.

DRIVE DAY

Our next Parent Drive Day is Friday, September 26^th. There will be no bussing this day so please plan accordingly.

If Latchkey is needed (before or after school care) please contact the school at 320-587-4858 or immanuellutheranschool@hotmail.com

PICK A DATE CALENDAR FUNDRAISER

Packets have been sent home!  Funds earned from this will go towards improvements or non-budgetary items. We invite all families to participate!

How it works: Ask family, friends, neighbors to pick a date on the calendar we are sending home. They then pay that amount. For example: if they chose the 13^th, they would donate $13. They could choose multiple dates as well, 5^th and 10^th = donate $15…

There are also prizes for those that participate!

MARBLES & PUZZLES

Our teachers are looking for marbles and puzzles with smaller pieces for a project, if anyone has some they’d be willing to donate to us, please bring them into the office.

K-8^th GRADE FIELD TRIP

Tuesday, October 14th K-8^th grade will be visiting Apple Jack Orchard in Delano, MN.  Bussing will be provided, leaving at 9:30 and returning to school no later than 2:30.  Please dress appropriately for outdoor activities. 

Parents must provide a cold lunch to be eaten at a local park and $10/student to cover the cost of admissions.

FALL PLAY

WANTED: Large pieces of cardboard to be used to build set pieces.

Please bring them into the office. 

PRESCHOOL (3): Miss Lokensgard

Another fun week we have planned for the preschoolers. We are focusing on being a good friend and learning about our emotions.  We have a new friend in our class. His name is Stinky the Skunk.  His feelings get hurt a lot because his friends aren't nice to him so we are going to show him how friends can be nice.  We are building a friendship flower to help us be good friends. We are still practicing using our listening skills and following directions. 

At the activity center we are working on the number 4 by building a number 4 puzzle and making a 4 with dinosaurs. Letter E activity by building it with big lines and little line magnets. Match the emotions game and Q-Tip game. 

Monday: Writing Center- Scribble Scrabble a lion. Large Group- Water colored our bible sheet. 

Tuesday: Writing Center- Phonics page. Letter Ee. Large Group- Large motor 

Wednesday: Writing Center- Building the letter Ee with popsicle sticks. Large Group- Two step directions art activity of coloring a tree and gluing on letters from the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. 

Thursday: Writing Center- Name activity is gluing down letters of our name on a tree. Large Group- Step by step directions on how to use playdough and scissors. 

Friday: Writing Center- September name portraits. Large Group- Board game 

Our Bible lesson this week is “Sneaky Snake”. Our memory verse is For God the world that he gave his one and only son. John 3:16.

PREKINDERGARTEN (4): Mrs. Dragt

Welcome to friendship week!

For friendship week we read the book Meesah Makes Friends, and then made Friendship Soup by writing down things we can do or say to make friends or ways we can be good friends. We practiced writing our names by making name rainbows. In our large motor we worked on our kicking skills with Ms. Lokensgard’s class. We have future soccer players! In art we used different colors of tape and they created their own tape art! In STEAM we learned what happens when you color on tin foil with marker and then get it wet. Show and share this week is to bring in something blue! During our centers we are still working on matching those uppercase and lowercase letters and counting those kitty whiskers.

Hope you all have a blessed week!

Our Jesus story is: The Sneaky Snake Memory Treasure For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son. John 3:16

Kindergarten: Mrs. Eckstrand

            This week, our Bible lesson is "Noah's Ark."  We learned that only Noah and his family were trusting and loving God. So God destroyed the world with a flood that even covered the mountains.  When they got off the ark, they immediately thanked and praised God.  God sent the first rainbow as a promise never to destroy the world with a flood again.  If you see one this week, take a picture and send it to us to share 😊 1 Timothy 2:4 (God) wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth... is our memory treasure for Friday.  

            In Reading this week, we worked on rhyming, grouping, counting words in a sentence, and beginning, middle, ending words/sounds. We also matched our uppercase letters with their lowercase partners. 

            In Math this week, we reviewed the numbers 11-15, and are writing them all in a number line.  

In Phy Ed, we are working on aiming while throwing properly.  In Music, we finally have all the verses for our Church song and hymn, and started our Veteran's Day songs.  We will begin Geography next week.  

1-2^nd: Mrs. Markgraf

Greetings from 1st and 2nd grade!

This week we are tackling our computer tests which are called Measures of Academic Progress. These tests help us to track student growth over time both for individuals and for the school as a whole. Parents, please be aware that they give us only a small snapshot of your child’s knowledge and don’t speak at all to their character and spirit.

In addition to testing we are chugging along with our Superkids, reviewing letters, sounds and memory words for first grade and reviewing all different ways to spell long vowel sounds in second grade.

In phy-ed we are practicing all different kinds of movements and in art we are studying types of lines.

In our Bible stories this week we meet Abraham. He learns to trust God even when things are difficult. Our Memory Treasure is Psalm 37: Commit your way to the Lord. Trust in him, and he will act. God bless your week!

3-5^th: Mrs. Horn

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

With MAP testing this week, our schedule looks a little different every day.

This week in Christ Light, we are learning about the Flood and the Tower of Babel. We see how God's hand is at work in both of these stories to protect and save his people.

In Math, 3rd grade is continuing with learning how to round numbers. 4th and 5th graders are reviewing content from chapter one as they prepare for their first test. We may also take time to practice and review our math facts. 😊

In Language Arts, 3rd and 4th graders are continuing to learn about reading skills and strategies and apply them to short stories. We are also spending some time in our Grammar books. 5th grade is continuing to read and discuss their novel Maniac Magee. 

In Social Studies, we are learning about the states in the Northeast region.

In Science, we are continuing our study of living things.

Memory Work this week is Deuteronomy 33:27a and Isaiah 43:11.

The spelling test for Lesson 3 will be on Friday. Please practice these things with your child so they are ready!

God's blessings on your week!

6-8^th: Mr. Holz

Hello Parents, Family and Friends

This week:

Grammar is continuing with prepositions.  

Reading, we are reading the novel The Little Prince. 

6th Grade math is starting with algebraic expressions. 

7th Grade math is working with algebraic expressions.

8th Grade math is studying for their first test. 

In Science, we are covering the scientific method and how to approach an experiment.

In History, we will be covering MN History, and we will be moving onto the first tribes that lived in Minnesota.